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DaveDeaborn1967 t1_j5gp30p wrote

We are getting less civilized.

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similar_observation t1_j5gpgmm wrote

That was abundantly clear when a small piece of paper or fabric over your face was all it takes to defeat a menacing disease and a shitload of folks wouldn't do it.

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atomic_gingerbread t1_j5h18iq wrote

Yeah, it's not the gun violence that's indicative of cultural malaise, it's your irrelevant political hobby horse that you really wanted to post about instead.

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oliveorvil t1_j5h57xq wrote

They're not mutually exclusive in regards to people's actions reflecting the state of society.. your comment is pretty ironic

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atomic_gingerbread t1_j5h7ewz wrote

No, my comment is "on topic". This is an article about a mass shooting, not a mass not-mask-wearing.

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oliveorvil t1_j5ha1l9 wrote

It was not only on topic but completely dismissive about another symptom of society’s devolvement.. we can have two thoughts in our heads at the same time. You just got mad because you view mask wearing as a “political hobby horse” which again, ironic

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atomic_gingerbread t1_j5hbeoq wrote

You're missing my point, but that's not really surprising what with nuclear proliferation and Obamacare these days.

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oliveorvil t1_j5hbwox wrote

Good one.. someone brings up another example of society getting less civilized.. you don’t like the example and deem it irrelevant and then as a joke bring up things about society that are actually irrelevant. Just doubling down on the irony of being egotistical and reactionary lol keep going, this is fun!

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ArrrGaming t1_j5hl1np wrote

Covid-19 is directly responsible for the death of over one million US citizens. I'd tell you what I think of you, but that's against Reddit's TOS.

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atomic_gingerbread t1_j5hm7fk wrote

When you think about it, it really says a lot about a gunman shooting up a dance studio.

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Shiftkgb t1_j5i2jbn wrote

During lynchings entire communities would gather and bring their kids. It was also common to use pieces of the body and sell them as souvenirs as well as sell postcards of the event.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25069734

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PMmeserenity t1_j5i5gcq wrote

Go back a few hundred more years, and lots of societies were regularly sacrificing children and war captives to the gods, and castrating young men to create servants. Shit was way more brutal than today's world. But it does seem like the trendlines are heading the wrong way lately.

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xReshi92 t1_j5hij6q wrote

Your comment slightly reads as you saying conservatives are getting more civilized. Per your profile, that's definitely not the case, lol.

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